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GEORGE MICHAEL LABANISH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 19, 1948 – August 23, 1969
Service recordGeorge Michael Labanish, of Leechburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 102
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Leechburg, Pennsylvania (Armstrong County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 102
- KENITH LEWIS JARRELLPrivate First Class · August 23, 1969
- KENNETH DUANE JOHNSONCorporal · August 23, 1969
- JAMES MACKStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1969
- JOE WILLIAM NORWOODHospitalman · August 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TOMMY GENE ELLIOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 100
From Leechburg
- ROBERT DEWAYNE PATTERSONCorporal · April 25, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.